The Shady Point School, located on the northeastern edge of the community of Shady Point in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, was built in 1936 as a Works Progress Administration project. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
Shady Point School | |
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| Location | NE edge of the community, Shady Point, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates | 35°7′56″N 94°39′35″W / 35.13222°N 94.65972°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1936 |
| Built by | Works Progress Administration |
| Architect | Okla. State Dept. of Education |
| MPS | WPA Public Bldgs., Recreational Facilities and Cemetery Improvements in Southeastern Oklahoma, 1935-1943 TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88001405[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 8, 1988 |
It was built to a standard design of the Oklahoma State Department of Education, from its pattern book.[2]
It is a one-story 75 by 44 feet (23 m × 13 m) building built of cut and roughly coursed sandstone, with hipped roof.[2]
It was one of 48 buildings and 11 structures reviewed in a 1985 study of WPA works in southeastern Oklahoma, which led to almost all of them being listed on the National Register in 1988.[3]
See also
edit- Dog Creek School, another Shady Point area school, also NRHP-listed
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b W. David Baird (June 15, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Continuation: Shady Point School". National Park Service. Retrieved June 22, 2017. With two photos from 1984.
- ^ W. David Baird (June 15, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) Public Buildings, Recreational Facilities, and Cemetery Improvements in Southeastern Oklahoma, 1935-1943 (Thematic Resources)". National Park Service. Retrieved June 22, 2017.